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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3097 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 572 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Carole A. Fiola |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator education |
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| 13 | 13 | | in public schools. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Carole A. Fiola6th Bristol1/16/2025Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth1/17/2025 1 of 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3097 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 572 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Fiola of Fall River, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 572) of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Carole A. Fiola and Patrick Joseph Kearney relative to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and |
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| 21 | 21 | | automatic external defibrillator education in public schools. Education. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator education |
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| 28 | 28 | | in public schools. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 69 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting a new |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2section: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 1U. Subject to appropriation and in accordance with Chapter 70, the department |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4shall establish a health education grant program. The department shall make rules |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 (a) creating a grant program to assist a school district with the implementation of this |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6section; and; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 (b) establishing the criteria for the grant program, including: |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 (i) an application format; |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 (ii) relevant timelines and deadlines |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 (iii) a scoring rubric, including criteria to determine a grant award amount; 2 of 3 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 (iv) allowable uses of a grant award; and |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 (v) any relevant data to evaluate the program that the department determines is necessary |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 The health education grant program shall include instruction for cardiopulmonary |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14resuscitation and the use of automatic external defibrillators. Instruction in hands only |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automatic external defibrillators must be the most |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16current national evidence-based Emergency Cardiovascular Care guidelines and incorporate |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17psychomotor skills development into the instruction. “Psychomotor skills” is defined as the use |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18of hands-on practicing and skills testing to support cognitive learning. A licensed teacher shall |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19not be required to be a certified trainer of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, to facilitate, provide or |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20oversee such instruction for non-certification. Courses which result in a certification being |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21earned are required to be taught by an authorized CPR/AED instructor. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 22 SECTION 2. The first paragraph of section 1 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as |
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| 53 | 53 | | 23appearing in the 2024 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the sixth sentence and |
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| 54 | 54 | | 24inserting in place thereof the following sentences:- |
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| 55 | 55 | | 25 All public high school students shall be required to study and to demonstrate a general |
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| 56 | 56 | | 26knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automatic external defibrillators as a |
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| 57 | 57 | | 27prerequisite for graduation. The instruction must be based on an instructional program |
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| 58 | 58 | | 28established by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross or another program |
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| 59 | 59 | | 29which is nationally recognized and uses the most current national evidence-based Emergency |
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| 60 | 60 | | 30Cardiovascular Care guidelines and incorporates psychomotor skills development into the |
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| 61 | 61 | | 31instruction. Psychomotor skills” is defined as the use of hands-on practicing and skills testing to |
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| 62 | 62 | | 32support cognitive learning. A licensed teacher shall not be required to be a certified trainer of 3 of 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | 33cardiopulmonary resuscitation, to facilitate, provide or oversee such instruction for non- |
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| 64 | 64 | | 34certification. Courses which result in a certification being earned are required to be taught by an |
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| 65 | 65 | | 35authorized CPR/AED instructor. |
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